A group of ten met ranger Stuart at Styal on an overcast but (just about) dry day to continue maintenance work on the Wilmslow footpath near Badger Copse. The ground was too wet for Stuart to get the vehicle close to the work area so we had to use wheelbarrows and muscle power to transport the tools.
During a lunch break on very wet ground Neil made good use of one of the wheelbarrows:
We worked with loppers and bow saws to clear scrub vegetation which opened up both sides of the path and made it brighter. A fence is needed to protect wildlife from dog invasion but the old one needed repairing. We dug out the rotten posts and used a fence post driver to hammer in new ones. The mesh wire was in good enough condition to be recycled.
At the end of the day the huge improvement to the path was satisfying to see.
Jean
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